Licinius II campgate

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  1. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

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    Licinius II Caesar AD 317-324, AE silvered Follis (19mm, 2.95 gram) Heraclea AD 317
    DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C; Laureate and draped bust left, holding mappa and sceptre
    PROVIDENTIAE CAESS; in ex, MHTΔ; Campgate with three sign posts
    RIC 19; EF
     
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  3. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    Ro - you have a great eye for picking coins.
     
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  4. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    thanks
     
  5. dadams

    dadams Well-Known Member

    Awesome campgate!!
     
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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Nice one @ro1974. Here is the closest I have in my collection:
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    LICINIUS II
    AE3
    OBVERSE: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laurate draped bust left, holding globe, sceptre & mappa
    REVERSE: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with three turrets & no doors, 6 layers, dot over dot in right field, SMHD in ex.
    Struck at Heraclea, 317-320 AD
    3.3g, 19mm
    RIC VII 36
     
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  7. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    To copy @Bing , here is my closest:

    Licinius II
    A.D. 317
    DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C; laureate and draped bust left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right hand.
    PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with three turrets and no doors.
    in ex. MHT∆
    RIC VII Heraclea 19

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  8. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    Not just closest, but the same RIC number
     
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  9. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Nice ones All! No Licinius II for me yet...
     
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  10. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    I didn't even notice that
     
  11. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    That's a nice lookin' little LRB RO, one of the small bust campgates is on my list!
     
  12. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

  13. GerardV

    GerardV Well-Known Member

    Nice one
     
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  15. Ajax

    Ajax Well-Known Member

    Nice one Ro! Here's my example from the same officina nowhere near as nice as yours.
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  16. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Hearclea did good work at that period and seems to have applied silver more efficiently judging from the number of silvered coins we see. ro's is as nice as I have seen.
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    They come is several minor variations/series. This Licinius I has a Λ to the right of the gate and mintmark SMHA.
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    My Constantine has mintmark MTHB making it the common type but the B could be misread as a Δ which is not listed. Sometimes with these you need to see what was intended rather than what you want to see.
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    Constantine II here shows MHTE. E shop seems to have made rare coins for some of the others but was primarily used for young Constantine. Even in lesser condition, there is a lot of silver remaining. How did Heraclea do this?
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    Missing from my set is the MHTΓ struck for Crispus. I don't even have a similar one since I sent the coin below into exile (who got it???). This gate is Crispus SMHΓ but with two turrets and a star dating later after the removal of Licinius. I do not know if it ever had the heavy silver or did that practice go away with Licinius?
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    There are many things to be studied by a serious student of Late Roman Bronzes. The coins are not expensive but the work required to be a specialist is considerable.

    Thanks to ro for showing that really nice specimen.
     
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  17. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    No campgate for me, but I have one of these:

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    Licinius II, Caesar, AD 317-324
    Roman Æ follis; 17.55 mm; 3.36 gm
    Antioch, AD 317-318
    Obv: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate bust, left, holding mappa in the r. hand and globe and scepter in l.
    Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe; resting on scepter; at left, captive. SMANT in exergue, H in field, r.
    Refs: RIC 29; RCV 15415.
     
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  18. lrbguy

    lrbguy Well-Known Member

    Here is the missing Crispus. MHT<gamma> Silvered. Old scan, sorry.

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    Here's another Crispus but with the .MHT<gamma>. mark, fully silvered. Another old scan.

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